Spring 2008, Volume 13, Number 1: Democracy in Practice

Interviews

Campaigning for the White House: An Interview with US Congressman Ron Paul
Henry Hensley

Civil Liberties Then and Now: An Interview with US Congressman John Lewis
Megan Aghazadian and Lisa Orlowski

Democracy and Nation Building in a Post-Conflict Situation: An Interview with Charles Minor, Liberian Ambassador to the US
Renato Busquets and Michael Hilburg

Research

All Things To All People: The Republican Party’s Use of Religious Messages in Direct Mail During the 2004 Presidential Election
Tim Taylor

Georgia v. Ashcroft: A New Statistical Model?
Kyle Faget

Religion, Immigration, and Voter Turnout among Latinos in Presidential Elections
Darryn Beckstrom

Zimbabwe and Mugabe’s Politicization of State and Civic Institutions
Eliot Tofa and Moses Tofa

Election Administration Bodies and Implementation Tools: The Federal Election Commission and the Election Assistance Commission
Vassia Gueorguieva

Policy Perspectives

Voter ID Laws: Preventing Fraud or Suppressing the Vote?
A Panel Discussion Hosted by the American Constitution Society

Kenya: Clinging to Demcoracy in Fragile Times
Pia Anthonymuttu

The Marketplace Has Replaced American Participation in Democracy
Sven Jones